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Cumulative Climate Impacts of Tar Sands Pipelines
2014-08-11 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last summer, President Obama delivered a major climate speech in which he laid out his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020. He also committed to deciding the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline based on its climate impacts, stating unequivocally: "The net effects of the pipelines impact on our climate will be absolutely critical to determining whether this project is allowed to go forward." While the evidence shows that Keystone XL would result in significant greenhouse...
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For Canada, Tar Sands Bigger Than Keystone XL
2014-08-08 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: If it is ever built, the Keystone XL Pipeline will exist for one reason: To move Canadian tar sands oil from remote Alberta to refineries in Texas. For the U.S., controversy over the tar sands is about Keystone XL Pipeline construction jobs, local environmental problems with the pipeline, carbon emissions and the political stability brought by burning North American crude oil, which means importing less of it from overseas. For Canada, the story of the tar sands' future hinges on the great...
PetroChina to seal takeover of Athabasca oil sands project by September
2014-08-04 20:29:51| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
State oil giant PetroChina plans to pay the more than $1-billion it needs to complete a takeover of the Dover oil sands project from Canadian firm Athabasca Oil Corp. by the end of September, a person with knowledge of the deal told Reuters.
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Gibson Energy and USD Group begin operations at Hardisty Rail Terminal for oil sands crude; to double capacity with phase 2
2014-08-01 13:30:43| Green Car Congress
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As Keystone XL Dominoes Fall, Time to Arrest Tar Sands Industry
2014-08-01 06:32:52| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Thanks to the courageous and indefatigable efforts of pipeline fighters everywhere, the tide has finally turned on Keystone XL .
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